Alvin Benton Email & Phone Number

Richardson, Tx, Us

San Mateo, Ca, Us

New York, New York, Us

Provide advisory support for GS retail banking, credit card and point of sale financing products.Provide thought leadership and guidance on post-consumer account opening legal issues, including, but not limited to, customer communications, payments, consumer-related disputes, collections strategy, operations agent interface and vendor oversight issues.Work closely with Enterprise Compliance, Risk and Audit partners on consumer compliance and regulatory matters.Serve as Consumer Bankruptcy, Licensing and ADA Legal Subject Matter Expert for GS Consumer products.

Mclean, Va, Us

Served as Lead Counsel to Capital One Auto Finance’s Servicing operations teams - providing proactive, strategic legal support encompassing litigation management, vendor oversight, contract review and support and guidance on a number of federal and state regulations and laws. Supported the development of new products, services and other innovations impacting customers services by Capital One Auto Finance and identify and develop operations teams’ understanding of anticipated regulatory challenges for financial institutions. Served as Chief of Staff to Chief Counsel of Small Business (Card and Bank), Capital One Investing, Retail Bank and Financial Services Legal Team - co-leading team of 30+ lawyers

Mclean, Va, Us

Rye, New York, Us

Served as litigation associate in complex commercial litigation cases including creditors’ rights litigation, commercial and residential foreclosures on behalf of various lenders, title insurance companies and mortgage services; and breach of contract, fraud and real estate title disputes on behalf of title insurance companies.Managed all aspects of the discovery process, including taking and defending depositions; draft pleadings and dispositive motions; make oral arguments, and appear in numerous hearings and trials, arbitrations and mediations.Managed and provided support in various real estate financings and sophisticated structured finance transactions, including senior secured credit facilities and cash flow based financings, on behalf of various institutional lenders, investment bank firms, developers, mortgage banking firms, closely held and public corporations, limited liability companies, real estate management and operating companies, loan servicing companies and municipalities.

Toronto, On, Ca

Served as contracted Associate Editor in Practical Law – Finance group focusing on swaps and derivatives, securitization and structured finance, consumer protection, prime brokerage and securities lending research materials.

Miami, Florida, Us

• Served as litigation counsel in state, federal and bankruptcy court cases involving breach of contract, receiverships, debt restructuring, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, commercial and timeshare foreclosures, landlord/tenant disputes, consumer disputes and preferences/fraudulent conveyances.• Managed and provided support in various real estate, regulatory and corporate compliance, Volcker Rule due diligence and sophisticated structured finance transactions, including senior secured credit facilities and cash flow based financings, on behalf of various banks, secured lenders, finance companies, hedge funds and other debt and equity investors. • Managed and led the Holland & Knight Timeshare Foreclosure Team in handling foreclosure litigation issues, including the filing of actions, case management, discovery-related matters, and settlement options. • Conducted depositions and appeared in numerous hearings and trials.• Served as counsel to court-appointed receiver in SEC fraud actions, and assisted receiver in SEC investigation duties, including seizure and investigation of entities placed into “receivership,” taking legal control of and protecting assets of entities, due diligence review of financial and accounting reporting of entities, filing claims on behalf of entities and, ultimately, distributing assets to defrauded investors, claimants or creditors through a court-approved plan.• Handled all aspects of discovery including engaging in fact investigations, conducting witness interviews, drafting requests and responses, and leading various electronic discovery teams using various electronic discovery platforms.• Served as chairperson of the Orlando and Dallas Office Diversity Committees.

Tallahassee, Florida, Us

• Taught a four-credit hour course designed to give law students a substantive overview of Florida Constitutional Law, Florida Family Law, and Florida Wills and Trusts.

• Assisted with reviewing and organizing files for the two circuit court judges.• Conducted research on case law and prepared post-conviction motions in response to correspondence from previously incarcerated individuals.• Researched primary and binding case law for criminal trials in the Felony-Criminal Divisions 15 and 20, Staff Attorneys, and Traffic Court Officers.

Jd, Law

Master'S Degree, Social Sciences

Bachelors, English